I started these over a year ago after finding the yarn at Dressew here in Vancouver for $1.99. All I had to do to finish them was graft the toe of one of the two socks.…

In a scramble for a last knitted Christmas gift for my brother [P], I ravelry searched “hat, men, toque” and came up with Stephen West’s Botanic Hat. I had bought burnt orange to add to the…

This is just a quick post to share a finished Christmas present: You might remember that my mom asked for a couple of gifts for two very dear friends – the first Traveling Woman was finished…

While in Toronto last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Lettuce Knits as per my usual. I love looking around the store and seeing the luxurious yarn – some of which is still hard to…

They are finished. One pair of socks in 7 days. A new record for me. And they are lovely. I used 2.25mm DPNs for these bad boys. I love the manly colour and they look especially…

Remember my gift rant from last post? Well, I felt a lot better once I talked about the reasons that I like gift knitting – and I think in some ways it was a little prayer…

There have been a lot of things happening on this home-front that have kept me a little under the weather so when I was thinking about Christmas knitting, I was getting even more down: Really? I…